Posted: Dec. 2, 2013
When it comes down to it, rats in the oven trumps Lesley’s desire to never set eyes on another Brennan family member. So Lesley, a pro at property redevelopment, scrambles to Dominic Brennan’s hardware store for supplies. Dominic knows poison — rat and otherwise — and he sees it in Lesley. The woman ruined his brother’s life. Now that she’s back in town, Dominic’s afraid she’ll drag up the past, the secrets, and the pain. They clash immediately, but mix in a teenage boy, a puppy, some white paint, and some loud music, and what starts as cold fury transforms into a nuclear attraction. This basic renovation becomes a major life refurbishment for them both.MY REVIEW:
Lesley was home to work on a renovation
flip that she bought over the internet from her home in Chicago. Or at least her home for the past 16
years. You see she use to live in the
town where she just bought the new remodel.
The town of Los Alamos in New Mexico.
She left there because it held nothing but
awful memories of her past. A marriage
that was wiped away by the church so that now you can’t really call it a
marriage. But trying telling the she
devil that which is what I call her ex’s mother which by the way is so true. For it seems that everyone in that town not
only has an opinion of what and who Lesley is but they feel a need to yell it
at her.
It wasn’t bad enough that she grew up
feeling like she was not special, pretty or loved by anyone. But the ones that should of just seemed to
tell her all her faults. The thing she
found out is that when she left is that she started to really like herself and
that she found the real her. And she
found that she didn’t really give a shit what other’s thought.
Oh that is until she was home to work on
this place for what say 24 hours? If
even that. Then boy did life take an
interesting twist. Coming back she knew
she would have to face the skeletons in the closet. She was not the same woman who left. Her looks, self-image, job, and moxie had all
changed. But if that closet opened or
her ex’s mother showed up she could crumble at any moment.
This cast of characters were so exciting
and vibrant. Each one brought its own
brand of crazy to the story. You get so
wrapped up in the scenes that you feel like you are right in the room with
them. That just makes the chapters just
seem to fly by. I loved Lesley and
Dominic’s relationship I think because it was never boring and that it had so
many layers to it. Kyle was a really
cool kid that every parent would want especially in a house of crazy.
But my all-time
favorite in this book is “GP”, Martino, Lesley’s grandpa. OMG! He
was just a hoot! I can’t even believe
what came out of his mouth. But I
laughed, he reminded me of my grand-dad.
You will totally laugh out loud and then
feel some other troubling emotions too.
Once again this book I loved it must be the family saga but this writer
has to be good in order to hold my attention and have this great of a cast or
then again I could just be warped. I did
love it. Provided by netgalley.com
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